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On Sunday night, the Parisians were in a state of
The Spectatorgreat alarm. Rumours of conspiracies to assassinate the King and overturn the government, were circulated in all directions. By some, the Republicans were said to be the...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorTHE result of Louis PHILIP'S new feats in Cabinet-making was .announced officially in the Moniteur of Wednesday. Count MOLE is to be President of the Council and Minister of...
The exhibition of the Sultan's picture at Constantinople, which
The Spectatorthe Ulemas not long ago denounced as an impiety, was the occa- sion of a splendid show and no disturbance. A correspondent of the Morning Post gives the following t' tve ly...
The new Spanish Ministry shows a disposition to act with
The Spectatorvi- gour. Decrees have been published authorizing the levy of fifty thousand men, and appropriating to the use of the treasury the proceeds of the sale of all suppressed...
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be 'Retro/DAM A number of parishioners of St. Pancras held
The Spectatora meeting on Tues- day, to protest against paying rates for defraying the cost of their ex- pensive church. One of the speakers said— He was a stanch adherent of the Established...
At the Mansionhouse, on Tuesday, a man of decent appearance
The Spectatorwas charged, by a constable of Portsoken Ward, with having assaulted "a gentleman." The constable said that the prisoner was a man of good character, and that the gentleman was...
Erie Court.
The SpectatorTHE King reviewed the Seventh Regiment of Hussars, now stationed at Windsor, on Monday ; and in the evening of the same day gave a grand dinner to the officers of that regiment,...
Yesterday evening, Mr. Green's grand balloon ascended from Vaux- hall,
The Spectatorwith Mr. and Mrs. Green and seven other persons. The balloon really answered the description given of it M advertisements—it was "beautiful and stupendous." "It is 157 feet in...
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The SpectatorThe election for East Cumberland took place on the 2d instant, at Carlisle. Major Aglionhy of Nunnery proposed Mr. James ; whom be described as a real Reformer, anxious that the...
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A public dinner was given, one day last week, to
The SpectatorMr. T. A. Knight, Chief Steward of Ilereford. Sir Robert Price, Mr. Clive, Sir Har- ford Brydges, and many gentlemen of influence in the Reform party, were present. The...
Sir Edward Codrington has been visiting his constituents at Devon-
The Spectatorport, and addressing them in reference to the proceedings of last ses- sion and some of the leading questions of the day. Speaking of Peer- age Reform, he said— He thought that...
At Leeds, on the 31st of August, Mr. Goodman, the
The SpectatorMayor, gave a splendid entertainment to Lord Morpeth, Sir George Strickland, Mr. Baines, and other Liberal Members of the West Riding of York- shire. Upwards of a hundred...
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The members of the South Lancashire Conservative Association dined together
The Spectatorat Newton, on Thursday; the Earl of Wilton in the chair. None of the County Members were present ; and though the health of Lord Francis Egerton was drunk, as the President of...
Preparations are making at Manchester for stamping newspapers under the
The Spectatorauthority of Government.— Sun. LWhy should not the Stamp- Distributors in every principal town be empowered to stamp news- papers ? It seems quite unnecessary, as well as...
A Town. Council was held at Ipswich on Tuesday, which
The Spectatorwas chiefly distinguished by the subdued and moderated language held by the " Blue " or Tory party. The town being exposed to the danger of being left without a police force, or...
The foundation-stone of a new school for the education of
The Spectatorchildren in the principles of the Church of England, was laid at Liverpool on Monday. It will be recollected, that the determination of the Town-Council to introduce the Irish...
The Times, from which the following report is taken, says—"
The SpectatorIre delayed the publication of this extraordinary stateniont fur the pur- pose of examining thoroughly into the matters it contains ; but after every inquiry, we feel ourselves...
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IRELAND.
The SpectatorMr. O'Loghlen has accepted the office of Junior Baron of the Ex- chequer. It is said that Mr. Richards is to be the Attorney- General; and opinion is divided, as to that of...
The National Association continues to hold frequent meetings.' All the
The SpectatorCatholic Bishops have joined it, and the names of new members of rank arid property are daily announced. Mr. Sharman Crawford has addressed a letter to his constituents of...
Dr. Henry, whose name must be familiar to all our
The Spectatorreaders, died by his own hand yesterday morning, at his residence lit Poullebury, near Manchester. For some time past, we understand, he had heen in a very indifferent state of...
One of the " great guns" of Orange-Toryism in Dublin
The Spectatoris the Dis- senting parson, Johnny M'Crea. A few days ego, he harangued- a meeting of the Confederation Society, consisting - of two thousand members, in the following terms :...
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SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorGreat dissatisfaction prevails in Scotland, among 1/141H of all parties, at the rejection of the Sheriffs Small Debts Bill, introduced last ses- sion by the Lord Advocate and...
The practice of entailing originated in Scotland nearly two hundred
The Spectatoryears ago. 'file earliest entail on record is that of the estate of Rox- burgh, dated in 1648; and the practice was first established on a solid foundation by the statute of...
Among the numerous devices resorted to by the Tories for
The Spectatorcreating fictitious votes, there is one of very frequent occurrence in Ayrshire, where the majority of the great landholders profess Conservative prin- ciples. We allude to the...
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The sta'e of the money-market, of the exchanges, and of
The Spectatorthe export and import trade of the country, and other matters connected therewith, have been discussed during the week by the Morning Chronicle, the Courier, and the Globe ; the...
We have received a number of newspapers from Upper Canada.
The SpectatorTheir colunins are filled with bitter attacks on Sir Francis Head ; who is charged with every description of arbitrary and illegal interference in the recent elections. Some of...
"Daniel figured in our pages yesterday, and to.day Lord Liston—we
The Spectatorbeg pardon, Lord alorpeth — makes his bow to our readers. Daniel, for reasons which it would not be difficult to explain, were it worth while, selected on obscure Sunday print...
. The Maidstone Gazette, which has been sent to us
The Spectatorthis week by some unknown wellwisher, publishes Mr. Hutt's letter to the Hull Reform Association, as its leading article, with a remark by the editor, that it "goes to the pith...
Isturitz, the late Spanish Premier,- having contrived to escape from
The SpectatorMadrid with a false passport and in disguise, arrived at Falmouth on lIrednesday, in the Government packet from Lisbon. The ellorning Chronicle gives the following anecdote of...
The popular hatred against the Shivery Abolitionists, in the United
The SpectatorStates, continues to be exhibited occasionally in acts of violence. On the eight of the 30th of July, the printing-office of an Abolition paper, the Philanthropist, published in...
The National says, that an English physician, just arrived at
The SpectatorParis, having lost all his money at a gaining. house, cut his throat with a razor the same night, at an hotel near the Palais Royal. Captain Mile Sinclair, of the Fifty-fifth...
frttct fIanEuud.
The SpectatorThe Gazette of last night contains the Royal cony &dire to the Dean and Chapter of Chichester to elect for their Bishop the Reverend William Otter, in the room of Dr. Maltby,...
The Times and Standard have been making much of the
The Spectatorletter from Lord Stanley to lir. Hodgson of Liverpool, (which we noticed some time ago,) on the subject of introducing the Irish system of education into the Corporation...
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pinionsi of t4e prefit.
The SpectatorWHAT MAKES AN ARISTOCRACY? COURIER — That the power of the Aristocracy is distinct from the existence of the house of Lords, to us needs no demonstration. We may, however, ob-...
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
The SpectatorBIRTHS. On the 2d inst., Lady CATHERINE BOILEAU, ora daughter. On the 3d inst., at Lansdowne Crescent, Bath, the Lady of THOMAS DEANE SHUTE. Esq.. of a SOIL 09 the lid inst.,...
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The dearth of interesting news is manifest from the shifts
The Spectatorsome of our contemporaries are driven to in order to fill up their enormous space. This morning, for instance, the Chronicle notices that columns of the Times have been occupied...
The Conservatives of Lancashire must be sore put to it,
The Spectatorto inlist in their cause the einpry.bag barrister whom COBBETT christened Peter Wilkins. This gentleman, like LYNDHURST, PRAED, ABINGER. Twrss, and WYNFORD, came out as a...
POSTSCRIPT.
The SpectatorSATURDAY NIGHT. THE unpopularity of the new French Ministry appears already, from the bitter attacks upon it in all the journals except the Details and the Pai.r. It is said...
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The SpectatorArrived—At Gravesend. Sept. 6th , Elizabeth. K elso. from Madres ; Avon, Nutting, and- Arethusa, Wakefield, from New South Wales; and 7th, Columbine, Br o wn, Irons the Cape. At...
A very manly address from Sir WILLIAM MOLESWOIITII to theElectors
The Spectatorof East Cornwall, announcing his intended withdrawal from the repre- sentation of that division of the county at the next general election, will be found in our advertising...
If any means of comprehensive and complete union be adopted—and
The Spectatorwe think such means are perfectly attainable—then the power of the London Conservatives will be shown in the return of 18 Metropolitan Members to the House of Commons.—Standard,...
"The gentleman whose name we could not learn," who ascended
The Spectatorin the balloon yesterday, was, it is stated, the Bishop of Exeter ; who, from the circumstance of wearing an ordinary hat on the occasion, was not recognized by the crowd.
In future, the selling price of the Speeator will be
The SpectatorNINSPENCS each copy. This gives the publio rather more than the whole of the reduction of Stamp-duty, which tommences on the 15th instant. The annual saving to each Subscriber...
MONEY MARKET.
The SpectatorSATURDAY, FOUR O'CLOCK. The afternoon has been passed in a state of complete inactivity, and without any fluctuations of importance. Spanish Stock is about A per cent. higher;...
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The winter season of the Theatres is commenting unwontedly early:
The SpectatorCovent Garden opens. with Macbeth. on Monday. The sight of the bills was quite startling to the old playgoers. The coin- pany appears to be much the same as that of last season,...
THE THEATRES.
The SpectatorAT the Strand Theatre they have lately been exhibiting a travestie of Othello; in imitation of which, we suppose, a burlenqued representa. tion of BYRON'S Corsair was produced...
MR. HAYDON'S EARNINGS. TO THE EDITOR. OF THE SPECTATOR.
The Spectator.3..Red l.ioit Ste lore leth septsenteer 1836. Ria — Will you permit me to sty, it is not trite. as Fraser's Ilftgazine as. anted, that I received for the Reform Banquet 1000...
ANTICIPATED MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION IN TILE YEAR 2836.
The Spectator[Prom the Morning Chronicle.] After some observations, from Dr. 31 , Geig, On that fossile reliquium, called Petrified Wig Or Pertarpolith 05,—a specimen rare Of those wigs,...
THE MUSICAL FESTIVALS.
The SpectatorTHE following paragraph has found its way into some of the London papers, mid, like much of the musical gossip we read there, is a gross perversion of the truth. It is...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorO'CONNELL'S MISTAKE. Mn. O'Connell:8 view of English hostility to Ireland has been sufficiently controverted by three different parties,—by the Liberal press, which, on behalf...
VARIOUS OPINIONS ON THE QUESTION OF PEERAGE REFORM.
The SpectatorMr.. B . , s•rs of Leeds has a plan for reforming the House of Lords, which, one cannot help thinking, must have been suggested to him by Mr. ATTWOOD of Birmingham. " The...
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THE ENGLISH TITHE BILL.
The SpectatorTHE Act lately passed "for the Commutation of Tithes in Eng- land and Wales consists of ninety-seven clauses, comprising a great variety of important provisions ' whose intent...
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The Standard will perhaps be surprised to learn, that we
The Spectatoraban- don freely to its censure, the line which it picked out of one of the paragraphs of Irish news in last Saturday's Spectator, compiled hastily from the papers of that...
A FEW WORDS ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS.
The SpectatorThe fact of the Duke of Bedford having subscribed to the O'Connell funds was not made known to his Majesty until a few days ago; when, we are in- formed, (and our information...
THE HOUSE-BURNING SYSTEM.
The SpectatorCALAMITY is the great teacher of mankind; and though her lessons are severe and frequent, it yet requires a numerous suc- cession of her admonitory thumps on the heart before...
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The epicures at Vienna are in great spirits at the
The Spectatorpremium offered below*. ment for the importation of foreign wines, at very moderate duties, into the Austrian dominions. Champagne, which has been hitherto almoat unapproach....
A correspondent of the Times complains of the mode of
The Spectatordoing business at the Bank of Etiglant " If the Directors of the Bank of England were men of business, an alteration would speedily be made in all the rail, and bill...
In alluding, last week, to the act which puts off
The Spectatorthe time for revising the voters' lists from the 15th of September to the 15th of October, and, by an omission, disfranchised the whole country for the month of November, we...
On Monday, 200 of the Seventh Fusileers, and on the
The Spectatorfollowing morning 280 rnore, arrived at Wycombe on their road from Windsor to Manchester. We feel it our duty to say, that such a set of di unken, swearing, and disorderly men,...
A "Landowner" has addressed the following letter to the Courier.
The Spectator" Sir—It seems the Tithe Commissioners have no power to abate from the- full value of tithes in the commutation to a permanent corn-rent ; and you may look in vain through the...
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A TRIP TO BOULOGNE.
The SpectatorBY ONE WHO NEVER WAS OUT OF ENGLAND BEFORE. BOULOGNE is no longer the exclusive resort of duellists and debtors from England : a trip to Boulogne has now become as common as an...
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The beautiful Rotunda of Louisberg, at Aix-la-Chapelle, was to- tally
The Spectatordestroyed by fire in the night of the 27th ult. There had been a ball in the evening ; but the company had retired, the lights were put out, and the proprietor and his servants...
PROGRESS AND PRESENT POSITION OF RUSSIA.
The SpectatorTHE avowed object of this pamphlet is to take an historical re- view of the territorial aggrandizement of Russia since the time- of Pk:TER the Great. Its apparent purpose is to...
SPECTATOR'S LIBRARY.
The SpectatorProgress and Present Position of Russia in tire East Murray. Firrtosr, Adventures of Bilberry Thuriand. In 2 vols. Bentley. The Cavaliers of Virginia, or the Recluse of...
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ADVENTURES OF BILBERRY TIITIRLAND.
The SpectatorTHIS novel is the biography of a vagrant. His father is a stroller, his mother a tramp, and Bilberry himself is brought up to his maternal calling. After a variety of adventures...
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THE CAVALIERS OF vinottaza, OR THE RECLUSE OF JA E
The SpectatorS T 0 N, DERIVES its chief attraction from the accident or art which de- termined its place of locality. The scone is laid in Virginia, soon after the Restoration. That...
V OLPI'S POEMS.
The Spectator'THIS volume consists of two distinct parts,—the first contains a 'collection of imitations, attributed to various hands ; the second, a translation of DANTE. The professed...
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THE ALTHORP PICTURE-GALLERY—LADY ALICE, THE FLOWER OF OSSORYE.
The SpectatorIT is said by musicians, that many persons with a natural ear and taste for music, after acquiring a slight knowledge of the art, amuse themselves by writing down notes,...
THE VOCAL MELODIES OF SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorTHE melodies of Scotland are unrivalled for originality and variety. Plaintive tenderness, martial enthusiasm, and bacchanalian hilarity, in turn find their true and just...
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COULSON ON DEFORMITIES OF THE CHEST.
The SpectatorSINCE the pernicious effects of tight-lacing have been so often demonstrated, the practice has fallen off, though we doubt if it have been very generally discontinued; nor is it...
